Nigerian Singer Inetimi Timaya Odon, popularly known as Timaya, has denied reports that he was arrested for being involved in a hit-and-run accident on Thursday in Ikate, Lekki.
The victim’s sister, Omowunmi Osinubi, who goes by the Instagram handle ‘whyte 26,’ took to social media to accuse the singer of hitting her sister’s car and fleeing the scene, shared pictures of the victim on her hospital bed with facial injuries.
The woman also shared a screenshot of her messages to Timaya about the incident, alleging that rather than addressing the issue, the singer blocked her.
Timaya, on the other hand, denied this on Thursday afternoon in an Instagram live video, claiming that he was only trying to flee from some aggressive men.
He said, “Yesterday I was driving past this road, the fuel scarcity stuff made the people block the road, so I was trying to pass. And the next thing, I hit the lady’s car and I didn’t even know I did that. So, when she stopped my vehicle, I stopped and she was like I hit her car and I said how? And then, she said at the back.
“So, I asked her ‘can I have your number madam? I will call you or can we get out of the road?’ Because we were blocking the road.
The next thing I saw four guys running down, so were trying to move away as I saw the guys running down. That was how the woman held my side mirror of my car, so that is how she fell.
“It is not like I hit her and ran away, no! So that was what happened.
”He further revealed that he was not arrested by police operatives, as he only went to the Police station to write his statement.
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